Jan. 14, 2009
Allard Beutel
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
321-867-2468
allard.beutel@nasa.gov
John Yembrick
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1100
john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov
Nicole Cloutier-Lemasters
Johnson Space Center, Houston
281-483-5111
nicole.cloutier-1@nasa.gov
MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-008
NASA SETS BRIEFING WITH NEXT SPACE STATION CREW
HOUSTON - NASA will hold a media briefing Thursday, Jan. 22, at 2 p.m.
EST, with the next resident crew of the International Space Station.
The briefing will originate from NASA's Johnson Space Center in
Houston and be broadcast live on NASA Television and the agency's Web
site. Questions will be taken from reporters at participating NASA
locations, including Kennedy Space Center's News Center.
The briefing participants are:
- Expedition 19 Commander and Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka
- Expedition 19 Flight Engineer and NASA astronaut Michael Barratt
- Expedition 19 Flight Engineer and NASA astronaut Timothy Kopra
On March 25, Padalka, Barratt and U.S. spaceflight participant Charles
Simonyi will launch to the station aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft.
Simonyi will return to Earth with Expedition 18 Commander Michael
Fincke and Flight Engineer Yury Lonchakov April 5 in a Soyuz
following a handover period.
Simonyi is training in Russia and will not be participating in the
news conference.
Following the briefing, the crew members will be available for
individual round-robin interviews, in person or by phone. There also
will be a photo opportunity. To participate in the interviews, news
media should contact the Johnson newsroom at 281-483-5111 before 5
p.m. Jan. 20.
For NASA TV schedules, streaming video and downlink information,
visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/ntv
For the latest information about Expedition 19 and its crew, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/station
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